UAE: Sadhguru addresses soil degradation issues in Dubai at Gulf News event

Sadhguru made quite an entrance to a Gulf News event on Thursday in Dubai when he rode in on his bike. This appearance was one of the stopovers of his bike tour, which aims to raise awareness of soil degradation around the world.

Sadhguru was received and welcomed by Gulf News CEO and Editor in Chief Abdul Hamid Ahmad at the Oberoi hotel.

Canadian playback singer Shweta Subram, who is best known for the viral song 'Jalebi Baby', was the MC of the evening.

Abdul Hamid Ahmad, CEO and Editor in Chief of Gulf News, welcomes Sadhguru on stage at the 'Save Soil' event with a bouquet of flowers.

One minute silence was observed before the event as mark of respect to Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

Guests at the event included from left Mr. Nasser Akram, Mr. Eesa Bastaki, Mr. Abdul Hamid Ahmad, CEO and Editor in Chief, Mr. Neelesh Bhatnagar, Owner and CEO NB Ventures, Mr. Anis Sajan, Group - Vice Chairman at Danube Group and Mr. Meher Murshed, Executive Editor- Gulf News.

From left: Abdulla Al Hammadi, Fahad Almahri and Reem Alubaidy.

Our co-sponsors for the event from mamaearth: From Left Prashant Mishra - General Manager, Manju Choudhary - Managing Director and Sabyasachi Chatterjee.

Attendees arrived at the registration desk to sign up for the event.

Anis Sajan (left) and Ayesha Depala.

Shikha Mahajan (left) and Ravi Singh.

Shashank Sharma (left) and Sunayana Gobind Kripalani.

Sphoorti (left) and Pranav Sharma.

Rachna (left) and Neelesh Bhatnagar.

Our co-sponsors for the event from i-Nova MOLECULES: From Left Vani Balaraman, Anagha Ogale, Rohit Ogale and Rajendra Gogate.

Nari Sawlani (left) and Manek Palekar.

From left: Santu Dev, Mark Davis, Shridhar K, Marie Davis and Jayashree.

Shipra (left) and Shivam Goyal.

Yash (left) and Pooja Shah.

Dubai- based singer Shweta Subram got the session with Sadhguru on the road with her inimitable charm and wit.

Shalini (left) and Sachin Joshi.

Pramila Nalliri (left) and Shobha Pramod.

Jyoti (left) and Bharat Bhatia.

Ashish Punjabi (left) and Seth Jashanmal.

Emirati attendees enjoyed taking pictures with each other on the sidelines of the event.

Guests at the event keenly listened as Sadhguru spoke about his initiative ‘Save Soil’.

Mr. Abdul Hamid Ahmad, CEO and Editor in Chief of Gulf News with guests.

Dimple Singh (left) and Sukhpreet Singh.

Hanisha Alwani, (left) Ram Buxani (centre) and Chetna Shashtri (right).

Malayalam actress Nyla Usha, right, with her friend Adhipa at the event.

South Indian actress Mamta Mohandas with her friend at the event.